What the engineers lacked in this example is the very definition of common sense. It is the intuitive use of judgment; your ability to make use of experiences in the past to solve a similar problem in the present or future.

Any individual using common sense is able to identify danger, make the appropriate use of tools or materials, and anticipate probabilities in cause and effect to make a decision, but here's the thing… as learning experiences vary from one individual to another so will their uses of common sense. In that context, not every engineer has experience with changing tires on a car and so their lack of practical experience have left them to overlook a simple solution to a problem.

In a nutshell, I bought these earbuds for 3 reasons:

1. The high resolution sound quality
2. The design and tangle free cables
3. and the interference protection you would otherwise get on a GSM phone over your speakers

Adhesive failure

"ControlTalk" damage

Chaffing exposed wires

Frayed wires & chaffed insulator

What I liked about them:

• Base quality
• Design
• Over all Audio quality

What made me think twice about buying them:

• Manufacture Defects/Bad reviews
• Price

Bottom Line: I really like these earbuds, and they're probably the best ones I’ve owned in a very long time. Great design with very few flaws. However it is very expensive for earbuds that break apart after only a few months of use. DO NOT BUY.

They are perfect for cautious people but for the rest of us, expect them to breakdown or otherwise erode on you after a few months of use.

“The book of Eli”: This clip is 10 min into the movie showing Dr. Dre Beats Tour being used by Denzel Washington.

Product Rating (8.5/10)
-2 for wear and tear issues
-0.5 for price vs quality

So why all the hate? Well, as time went on I grew more and more disenchanted with the community and the stupidity of the people on xanga. I started to realize that xanga catered more to teenage girls with problems than real bloggers that actually have an opinion or something interesting to say. It wasn’t till later on that I started to understand why xanga really isnt the blog platform that I should be using:

1) Most of the general population in the community are conceited young girls, and immature men that blog out of self-flattery trying to compensate through words for what they lack in the real world. Yes, xanga is all well and good because of the community driven factor but what good is that when all you have are impulsive teens trying to prove their self-worth. Its ridiculous! And because these people are boastful of them selfs you get hostility the moment you state your opinion.

The way these people think about their blogs and the way their fanbois think about their blogs is on a completely different level from what's normal and rational. -- Bradley Farless

Xanga just does not have your typical blogging atmosphere. Instead, be prepared to read about the lives of high school prima donna’s, and to become part of an internet role playing drama club. Its Myspace on steroids!

Hey, that’s not to say I haven't seen any great blogs on xanga. Bradley Farless, author of blog “The Adventures of Bradley” has his own xanga and a few others including Michelle Phan (aka: Rice Bunny) who first started out on xanga are great examples of real blogs on xanga.

A word of caution: Xanga kids take their blog in a whole new level of seriousness. Expect to be labeled a “troll” when you give them productive criticism.

2) The templates are completely atrocious, you get the impression that the blog was last maintained when Netscape was still popular leaving you to question if the webmaster had already died; remember Geocities?

3) There is a Lack of SEO in xanga: You know, nothing is invisible from Google’s web crawler these days but xanga sure goes out of the way to make it impossible for your blog posts to be discovered organically on any search engine (what happens in xanga stays in xanga). In a way this is good, it keeps future employers away from your retardedness on the web.

4) Annoying Background Music that shouldn’t even exist anymore. This is 2010, why do you still have automatically playing background music on your website. Unless your site is a tribute to 1993, DON'T DO IT! It starts to become obnoxious after a while especially after hearing the same track play over on itself after clicking through your conceited blog posts.

...having background music was cool in the mid-nineties when the web was first coming together. Now it’s not, it’s considered dated and the mark of an amateur. If you’re gonna put background music in, you might as well put on a pair of hammer pants. You’re a fossil, go sit in a museum and fart dust. -- Orange Snowman

5) Lack of RSS Feed or any type of feed syndication except the proprietary that it comes with. Maybe xanga chose not to add an RSS feed due to the demographic standard… now that I think about it, what high school girl would understand the importance of feed syndication?

6) "It literally allowed just about anyone who could type to effortlessly start their own website". Drama aside, most xanga bloggers don’t understand that      background does not go with a green font. If you're a xanga blogger ask your self... what's more important, "Is this blog for you or for your future subscribers?"

… the teenagers seem to have figured out how to make their blogs nearly impossible to read by using awful color combinations, fonts, backgrounds, layouts, etc. -- The Calico Cat

7) Everything else, because… where is the direct access to my xanga template coding, why are there ads by xanga on my blog, I have to pay to get them removed? Why should I care about getting xanga points.. why do I even need points to use the WYSIWYG editor in the first place, how do I add 3rd party widgets to my xanga, why do guests have to register an account on xanga to make a comment, why must I pay for a premium account to get what you can get on blogger for free, why can’t I use google analytics on my blog, what is this “sitemeter” bs, why is this creep on xanga stalking my gf, why the hell is xanga loaded with so much bs?

Your friends have stopped using xanga, when will you?

I won't review it right now, instead I'll post a couple screenshots to get you guys pumped for the invitation link that follows. So on that note, if the invitation code fails you're more than welcome to post a request for an invite - comment below!

http://new.digg.com/login/bb84762c07299a965c8f964ee1dc22246

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1. The expert way: You can download the files and host them yourself or…
2. The easy way: Copy and paste the html code below anywhere before your </head> tag 
   

   <link href="<a href="http://posterous.com/getfile/files.posterous.com/glennlopez/RMFaXeeqiXZd1di9pZo5dK5BWQzBPoHqwnsdMrJcqbob3nA2fhsTfcu8wreI/jquery.tweet.css"">http://posterous.com/getfile/files.posterous.com/glennlopez/RMFaXeeqiXZd1di9pZo5dK5BWQzBPoHqwnsdMrJcqbob3nA2fhsTfcu8wreI/jquery.tweet.css"</a> media="all" rel="stylesheet" type="text/css"/>
   <script language="javascript" src="<a href="http://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jquery/1.3.1/jquery.min.js"">http://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jquery/1.3.1/jquery.min.js"</a> type="text/javascript"></script>
   <script language="javascript" src="<a href="http://posterous.com/getfile/files.posterous.com/glennlopez/NXQ1FC3m91Hx2SFpQRh1kH8zjoGamqIOYrOLF88Q6MhiFF30PnaAjOy17thw/jquery.tweet.js"">http://posterous.com/getfile/files.posterous.com/glennlopez/NXQ1FC3m91Hx2SFpQRh1kH8zjoGamqIOYrOLF88Q6MhiFF30PnaAjOy17thw/jquery.tweet.js"</a> type="text/javascript"></script>
   

The next thing you’re going to add after you’ve copied and pasted the code above is the code below (just copy and paste the code below after the code above):

<script type='text/javascript'>
      jQuery(document).ready(function($) {
        $(".tweet").tweet({
          join_text: "auto",
          username: "PUT-YOUR-USERNAME-HERE",
          avatar_size: 32,
          count: 1,
          auto_join_text_default: "I said:", 
          auto_join_text_ed: "I",
          auto_join_text_ing: "I was",
          auto_join_text_reply: "I replied to:",
          auto_join_text_url: "I was checking out",
          loading_text: "loading tweets..."
        });
        $("#query").tweet({
          avatar_size: 32,
          count: 4,
          query: "tweet.seaofclouds.com",
          loading_text: "searching twitter..."
        });
        $("#userandquery").tweet({
          count: 3,
          query: "from:seaofclouds&phrase=http",
          loading_text: "searching twitter..."
        });
        $("#fromtwo").tweet({
          avatar_size: 32,
          count: 4,
          query: "from%3Aseaofclouds+OR+from%3Alaughingsquid",
          loading_text: "searching twitter..."
        });
      })      
    </script>
    

You are encouraged to change:

username: "PUT-YOUR-USERNAME-HERE"

otherwise this script is as good as useless. That being said you may also edit anything you ‘think’ is changeable in this script. ie: if you want to say “I replied to:” in a different language you are permitted to do that.

Next is getting the feed to show up. Add this code after the <body> tag and anywhere you want your twitter feed to show up:

<div class='tweet'></div>

Next is the style (how its going to look on your webpage/blog). Copy and paste the code below BEFORE the </head> tag:

<style>
.tweet{
    font-size:12px;
    font-family:Georgia, "Times New Roman", Times, serif;
    color:#000;
}
</style>

This style is completely customizable so change it to how ever suit you want.  And that’s all there is to it!

For those who want to download and host the scripts here they are.

You’ll need 4 things and 3 simple steps:

1. Some quarters
2. Tape
3. Garbage can
4. Some raisins or cheese I suppose…

Your first step is to grab your self a toilet paper tube and flatten one side so that it doesn’t roll off. After that you’re going to need to take a few quarters and tape them to the opposite side.

Setting the trap is simple. Your goal is to get the mouse to get in the tube so just place the trap at the edge of a table and bait the mouse to go inside to the far edge to upset the balance. Use your common sense I guess, it isn't neuroscience.

Just wait a couple days and hopefully you have demonstrated your superior intellect and caught the mouse. What you do with it is totally up to you. Happy hunting!